HBO and the Bill Maher Show

AlAyeti · Post by **AlAyeti** » Sun May 15, 2005 1:26 am

How does this show and its "star" find legal grounds to attack Christ, Christians and Christianity? Isn't there federal laws protecting against discrimination and the fomenting of hatred of religious beliefs?

Ronin · Post by **Ronin** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:39 am

I find his lack of puting down or making fun of other religions ... somewhat suspect. I'ts not that he attacks Christianity. I'ts that it is the only religion he attacks. I wonder if he is man enough to make a joke about Islam...
I wonder what would happen if he did!!

Cathar1950 · Post by **Cathar1950** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:45 pm

Bill makes fun of a lot of people. I think he was rasied a Christian and that makes it an inside joke.
Most of us get it.

Confused · Post by **Confused** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:14 pm

Regardless of who he has sitting on his panel, he is a comedian. Not a politician or religious leader. I think I get more offended when people like Jesse Jackson feel they can influence the war or politics just because of their affilitiation with the NAACU. Look at who he uses on his panel. Mostly people who under their name and title, in paenthases are (retired), or actors. And most of all, its political, not religious per se. He attacks Chrsitianity, but also makes fun of Islamic as well. Have you not seen some of his "new rules" at the end of his program. Point blank, he is a comdian, not a preacher, not a politician, not even a scholar. Consider the source before you go on a tyrant about a program.

Chem · Post by **Chem** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:45 am

How does this show and its "star" find legal grounds to attack Christ, Christians and Christianity? Isn't there federal laws protecting against discrimination and the fomenting of hatred of religious beliefs?

I wonder what would you think of Father Ted:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Ted

And how about "The Life of Brian" or "The Meaning of Life"? Life is short enough and we all require a good laugh every now and then. Religion and its pompous pronouncements are an especially rich vein for comedy, like it or lump it.

Confused · Post by **Confused** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 9:28 pm

Chem wrote:
How does this show and its "star" find legal grounds to attack Christ, Christians and Christianity? Isn't there federal laws protecting against discrimination and the fomenting of hatred of religious beliefs?
I wonder what would you think of Father Ted:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Ted

And how about "The Life of Brian" or "The Meaning of Life"? Life is short enough and we all require a good laugh every now and then. Religion and its pompous pronouncements are an especially rich vein for comedy, like it or lump it.

I think you hit the nail on the head. I don't care much for Bill Maher, but his "new rules" at the end of his program are hillarious and I have to give him credit for his political and religious incorrectness. Sometimes the world is to serious. We all need a good laugh.

Galphanore · Post by **Galphanore** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:25 pm

Ronin wrote:I find his lack of puting down or making fun of other religions ... somewhat suspect. I'ts not that he attacks Christianity. I'ts that it is the only religion he attacks. I wonder if he is man enough to make a joke about Islam...
I wonder what would happen if he did!!

His show is aired in America. The majority of the people in American understand enough about Christianity to understand jokes about it, therefore he jokes about it. If he made a joke about Buddhism most people would not even understand what he was joking about, so it wouldn't be funny. This is not exactly a complicated thing to understand.